THE MUDDLE FAMILIES

 

THE SUSSEX MUDDLE FAMILIES THE ARDINGLY MUDDLES

 

Chart of Edmund & Sarah Muddle’s Family

 

Edmund and Sarah’s eldest child was Susan Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 15 March 1717.

 

Edmund and Sarah’s second child was Sarah Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 3 October 1718. When she was 23 years old Sarah married William Holford at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 25 February 1742. William and Sarah had ten children; the first six were born at Chailey between 1742 and 1752, they then moved to the adjacent parish of Lindfield where their next two children were born in 1755 and 1757, and then they moved back to Chailey where their last two children were born in 1759 and 1761. All these children were baptised at Chailey.

 

William and Sarah’s eldest child was Sarah Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 2 August 1742.

 

William and Sarah’s second child was Ann Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 22 April 1744.

 

William and Sarah’s third child was George Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 8 May 1746.

 

William and Sarah’s fourth child was Mary Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 30 November 1748.

 

William and Sarah’s fifth child was Elizabeth Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 25 February 1750.

 

William and Sarah’s sixth child was William Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on12 July 1752.

 

William and Sarah’s seventh child was Thomas Holford who was born at Lindfield in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey, Sussex on 12 Jan 1755.

 

William and Sarah’s eighth child was Susannah Holford who was born at Lindfield in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey, Sussex on 24 July 1757.

 

William and Sarah’s ninth child was Hannah Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 16 November 1759.

 

William and Sarah’s tenth child was John Holford who was born at Chailey in Sussex, and baptised at St Peter’s Church in Chailey on 4 December 1761.

 

Edmund and Sarah’s third child was William Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 29 July 1720. When he was 25 years old William married Anne Wheeler at St Michael & All Angels’ Church in Withyham on 11 August 1745. See the section headed ‘William & Anne/Elizabeth Muddle’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

Edmund and Sarah’s fourth child was Edmund Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 23 July 1723. When he was 23 years old Edmund married Elizabeth Brown at St Swithun’s Church in East Grinstead on 16 December 1746. They lived at Lindfield where they had eight children born between 1747 and 1765.

One line from a sheet of accounts of the Overseers of the Poor of Lindfield Parish dated 30 July 1788 stated:

Paid Edmund Muddle for Ladle and Skimmer 6d.

Elizabeth died at Lindfield and she was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 22 December 1801. Edmund, who had been Lindfield Parish Clerk for nearly half a century, from at least 1754 to when he died at Lindfield the month after his wife, at the age of 78, was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 17 January 1802.

 

Their children were:

George 1747-1807  Elizabeth 1749-1817  Charles 1751-1830  William 1753-?

Phoebe 1755-?  Thomas 1758-1818  Timothy 1761-1836  Sarah 1765-?

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s eldest child was George Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 20 November 1747. When he was 22 years old George married Ann Newnham at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 12 February 1770. They lived at Lindfield where they had three children born between 1770 and 1782. When he was 55 years old George was recorded on the Sussex Militia List of 1803 as being a cooper of Lindfield and willing to serve.

Ann died at Lindfield and was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 22 June 1804.

George was described as being a cooper of Lindfield when he stood as bondsman for his son Charles’ marriage licence in 1806. George served as Lindfield Parish Clerk from the time of his father’s death at the beginning of 1802 until his own death at Lindfield in late 1807 at the age of 60; he was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 8 December 1807.

George died intestate, and probably in considerable debt, as the administration, of his goods, chattels and credits was granted by the Deanery of South Malling, on 9 January 1808, to two of his principal creditors, John Shirley and Henry Morley, both yeoman of Lindfield; and the administration stated that his three children, Elizabeth, Charles and George had renounced all their rights and title, and that his goods were valued at under £200.[5] The Death Duty Register entry for the administration shows that no death duty was paid, so if any of George's estate was left after payment of his debts and expenses, it was minimal and below the value on which death duty was payable.[6]

 

George and Ann’s eldest child was Elizabeth Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 6 June 1770. Elizabeth never married. She died at Lindfield at the age of 46, and she was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 2 April 1817.

 

George and Ann’s second child was Charles Muddle who was privately baptised by All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 23 February 1780. When he was about 23 years old Charles was recorded on the Sussex Militia List of 1803 as being an unmarried cooper of Lindfield and willing to serve. When he was 26 years old Charles married Sarah Shirley, known as Sally, at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 17 April 1806. See the section headed ‘Charles & Sarah/Mary Muddle’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

George and Ann’s third child was George Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 2 February 1782. When he was about 21 years old George was recorded on the Sussex Militia List of 1803 as being an unmarried cooper of Lindfield and willing to serve. George never married. He died at Wadhurst at about the age of 36 (not 34 as given on his burial record) and he was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 18 January 1818. At this time George’s brother Charles and his second wife were living at Wadhurst so George was possibly living with them when he died.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s second child was Elizabeth Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 6 September 1749. Elizabeth never married. She died at Lindfield at the age of 67 (not 68 as given on her burial record) and she was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 11 January 1817.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s third child was Charles Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 29 May 1751. When he was 33 years old Charles married 23-year-old Sarah Davey at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 28 September 1784. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Davey; she had been baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 14 February 1761, and she was the sister of the John Davey who married Charles’ sister Phoebe. See the section headed ‘Charles & Sarah Muddle’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s fourth child was William Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 6 October 1753. William was living at Lindfield when, at the age of 25, he married 23-year-old Mary Tompsett, spelt Tomsett in the marriage register, at St Margaret’s Church in Buxted on 2 October 1778. Mary was the daughter of John and Mary Tompsett, and she had been baptised at St Margaret’s Church in Buxted on 25 March 1755.

William and Mary initially lived at Lindfield where their first child, daughter Mary, was born in 1779. They then moved to London and when Mary's father made his will on 29 August 1794 he stated that his daughter Mary was the wife of William Muddle of Moorfields in London, and when her father died later that year Mary inherited £60.[7] It's thought that it was while they were living in London that William and Mary had another child, daughter Lydia, born in about 1795. William is thought to have died, probably in London, before 1814, and Mary and her daughter Lydia then moved to Buxted where Lydia married in late 1814.

At the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 13 April 1819, Mary was referred to as a widow of Buxted, and at this court it was recorded that Mary had purchased from Edward Streeter for £200, all that messuage or tenement and 5a 1r 26p of land adjoining called Little Barnsden laying in the parish of Buxted, formerly Osbornes and late Jarratts, paying yearly rent of 11s to the Lord of the Manor, and that Mary was admitted to this property on paying a fine of 8s to the Lord of the Manor. At the same court Mary then mortgaged this property to Edward Streeter for £110 at 5% interest.

Then at the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 29 October 1824 it was recorded that John Thomset yeoman of Buxted, who held, all that messuage or tenement, barn, buildings, and 20 acres of land laying around the same, being in the parish of Buxted and abutting the highway leading from Maresfield towards Crowborough on the south, by a Ghyll from the house formerly Thomas Cheesman’s adjoining a place called Old Land Gate on the west, by the lands of the Lord of the Manor on the north part called Newnhams Wood, and by the lands formerly of Robert Pettitt near Browns Brook now belonging to R J Streatfield on the east, and paying a yearly rent of £1 19s 9d to the Lord of the Manor, had died. Mary Muddle came to the court and produced the will of John Thomset,[8] dated the 3 February 1824 and granted probate by the Deanery of South Malling on 31 July 1824, in which he left ‘all my copyhold messuage or tenement, barn, buildings, and farm land, being near Browns Brook in Buxted and now in my own occupation and commonly called Forest Field and holden of the Manor of Duddleswell’ to his sister Mary Muddle, and Mary was admitted to this property on paying a fine of 40s to the Lord of the Manor. At the same court Mary then surrendered this property to be for her use during her natural life and on her death to the use of her daughter Lydia wife of Thomas Starr yeoman of Buxted and her heirs forever. Lydia Starr was admitted to this property on payment of a fine of 40s to the Lord of the Manor. The will of Mary’s brother John Thomset also left Mary any residue of his estate.

Mary died at Buxted at the age of 74 (not 73 as given on her burial record), and she was buried in St Margaret’s Churchyard at Buxted on 23 June 1829. Then at the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 17 June 1830 it was recorded that Mary Muddle had lately died, and that at an earlier court Lydia Starr had already been admitted to the property that Mary had inherited from her brother, but at the same court the first proclamation of any claim on the property that Mary had purchased from Edward Streeter was made. Then at the second proclamation of any claim on this property made at the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 23 June 1831 Lydia, wife of Thomas Starr and only child of Mary Muddle, comes to the court and claims the property as her rightful inheritance, and Lydia was admitted to this property on paying a fine of 8s to the Lord of the Manor.

 

William and Mary’s eldest child was Mary Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 25 October 1779. Nothing more is known about Mary except that she must have been dead by the time her mother died in about 1830, as her sister was described as ‘the only [surviving] child’ of their mother at the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 23 June 1831.

 

William and Mary’s second child was Lydia Muddle who was born in London in about 1795 (from her Australian death certificate). Lydia married Thomas Starr at St Margaret’s Church in Buxted on 1 November 1814. They lived in Buxted parish where they had eight children, who were baptised in Wesleyan Methodist Chapels at Brighton and Lewes between 1816 and 1837. At the baptism of their second child in February 1819 Thomas was recorded as being a labourer. Then in April 1819 Lydia’s mother purchased a property called Little Barnsden in the Duddleswell area of Buxted Parish. From the time of their third child’s baptism in 1821 Thomas and Lydia are recorded as living at Browns Brook in the Duddleswell area of Buxted Parish, which is the area within which Little Barnsden lies, and from the time of their fifth child’s baptism in 1826 Thomas was recorded as being a farmer. So it looks as if Thomas and Lydia lived with Lydia’s widowed mother at Little Barnsden, which she had probably purchased so that Thomas could farm it. They may have also farmed the adjoining property called Forest Field that Lydia’s mother had inherited from her brother in 1824. When her mother died in 1829 Lydia inherited the two properties, called Little Barnsden and Forest Field, in the Duddleswell area of Buxted Parish, where they had been living, see the section above on Lydia’s parents for details.

At the Court of the Manor of Duddleswell held on 7 December 1839 it was recorded that out of court on 10 April 1838 Thomas and Lydia Starr had sold to Richard Shuttleworth Streatfield for £860 5s 9d all that messuage or tenement and 5a 1r 26p of land adjoining called Little Barnsden in Buxted, late Streeter’s, paying a yearly rent of 11s to the Lord of the Manor. It was also recorded at this court that all the principal and interest due on a mortgage taken by Mary Muddle on this property from Edward Streeter, except for £13 6s, was paid in Edward Streeter’s life, and that the balance had now been paid. No record has been found in the Court Books of Thomas and Lydia having sold the property called Forest Field, but the size of the payment for Little Barnsden seems to indicate that it probably included the Forest Field property, but that it never got included in the record.

Thomas, Lydia and their eight children then left England for Australia on the William Metcalfe that sailed from Gravesend in Kent on 30 April 1838 and arrived at Sydney on 31 August 1838. They probably travelled with the family of Isaac and Amelia Muddle, who were members of the 'Buxted Muddles' so no relations of Lydia’s, who also emigrated from Buxted to Australia on the same sailing of the William Metcalfe. Thomas and Lydia’s four eldest children qualified as ‘Bounty Emigrants’ and had their voyage paid for by the government, but Thomas was too old to qualify as a ‘Bounty Emigrant’ so he would have had to pay the fare for the voyage for himself, his wife, and four youngest children.

Thomas was working as a Superintendent (station manager) for Nelson Tooth, the owner of a large property, and living at Kirkham in the parish of Narellan near Camden, which is 30 miles south-west of Sydney, when he died on 3 March 1839, at the age of 52, less than six months after their arrival in Australia. He was buried in the parish of Narellan on 5 March 1839. Thomas' will dated 1 March 1839, which described him as a farmer of Kirkham, was proved by the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 9 November 1847 when his goods were valued at under £200. This will left his household furniture, chattels and the annual interest on his investments in New South Wales and England to his wife for her to use in the maintenance of herself and their children. After her death the principal of the investments was to be divided equally between their then surviving children. Thomas made his wife Lydia, his son Thomas and Thomas Webster the executors of his will.[9]

Six years after her first husband's death Lydia married Richard Perrin in the Church of England parish of Gundaroo, Gunning and Yass, which is 125 miles south-west of Sydney, on 26 September 1845. There were no children from this marriage as Lydia was too old. It was only two years after this marriage that Lydia and her son Thomas had her first husband's will proved. Lydia died at Back Creek in Young, which is 170 miles west of Sydney, on 31 May 1872, at the age of 77. Nine years later Richard died at Young on 4 February 1881.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s eldest child was Thomas Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 5 June 1816, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, Dorset Gardens, Brighton, on 25 June 1816. (Thomas date of birth was given as the 5th at his baptism and the 15th on his Australian immigrant documents) In 1838 Thomas emigrated from England to Australia with his parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. He was a bounty immigrant bought out by Mr John Marshall; the bounty paid on him was £18. His immigration documents describe him as a farmer in very good health, and a Methodist who could read and write.

When he was 22 years old Thomas was married to 15-year-old Sophia Kelsy Robinson by the Wesleyan Methodists in Parramatta near Sydney on 14 April 1839. Sophia was the daughter of James and Jane Robinson; she had been baptised at Wickhambrook Church, Suffolk, England on 9 February 1824, and she had migrated to New South Wales in about 1838. Thomas and Sophia had ten children, John Thomas born c1841, James c1843, Lydia c1845, Richard c1848, Timothy c1850, David c1852, William c1854, Jane c1856, Edward c1859 and Henry c1864. The Gunning Methodist Church 1876-1926 Jubilee Souvenir recorded that Thomas was a preacher on the Goulburn-Braidwood Circuit in 1855.

Sophia died at Young, which is 170 miles west of Sydney, on 26 August 1886, at the age of 62, from disease of the liver that she'd had for three months. She was buried at Young the following day. Ten years later Thomas died at Maori Farm near Young on 5 March 1896, at the age of 79, from senile decay that he'd had for 6 months. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery at Young on 7 March 1896. One of Thomas and Sophia's great-grandsons was eminent Sydney surgeon Sir Kenneth William Starr (1908-1976).

 

 

Thomas and Lydia’s second child was Mary Ann Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 2 February 1819, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, Dorset Gardens, Brighton, on 25 February 1819. (Mary Ann was baptised with just the name Mary, but had become Mary Ann by the time she migrated to Australia.) In 1838 Mary Ann emigrated from England to Australia with her parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. She was a bounty immigrant bought out by Mr John Marshall; the bounty paid on her was £18. Her immigration documents describe her as a dairymaid in very good health, and a Dissenter who could read and write. Later that year Mary Ann, at the age of 19, married 22-year-old Edmund Starr, who had been a bounty passenger on the same voyage as Mary Ann, at the Heber Chapel in Cobbity near Sydney on 4 December 1838. Edmund was the son of Thomas and Hannah Starr; he had been born at Hollington near Hastings in Sussex, England on 1 July 1816, and baptised at the Church in the Wood at Hollington on 11 August 1816.

Edmund and Mary Ann had thirteen children, Timothy born c1841, Mary Anne c1842, Jane c1844, Thomas c1846, Martha c1848, Lydia c1850, Samuel c1852, Eliza c1855, Hannah c1857, Harriet c1859, Caleb c1862, Elizabeth c1864 and another son. They first lived in Sydney where Edmund organised Wesleyan Sunday School classes. They later moved to White Rock near Bathurst, which is about 100 miles west of Sydney where Edmund's name is on the foundation stone of a small Wesleyan Church. By 1857 they were living at Maitland, which is 80 miles north of Sydney, and then later they moved to Grafton, which is 300 miles north of Sydney, from where Edmund is recorded as attending Wesleyan Synods in Sydney.

Mary Ann died at Alice Street in Grafton on 1 May 1897, at the age of 78, from general paralysis, which she had suffered from for the last two years. She was buried in the Methodist Section of Grafton Cemetery on 3 May 1897. Five years later Edmund died at Alice Street in Grafton on 11 October 1902, at the age of 86, from senile degeneration of the heart, which he had suffered from for the last few months. He was buried in the Methodist Section of Grafton Cemetery on 12 October 1902.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s third child was Timothy Tomsett Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 1 May 1821, and first baptised at the Duddleswell Chapel in 1821, but for some reason he was baptised again when he was nearly 5 years old, at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 2 March 1826. In 1838 Timothy emigrated from England to Australia with his parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. He was a bounty immigrant bought out by Mr John Marshall; the bounty paid on him was £18. His immigration documents describe him as a farmer in very good health, and a Methodist who could read and write. When he was 20 years old Timothy was married to Charlotte Starr by the Wesleyan Methodist circuit of Field of Mars and Parramatta near Sydney on 16 March 1842. Timothy and Charlotte had ten children, Hannah c1842, Samuel c1844, Esther c1846, Caleb c1849, Sophia c1854, Stephen c1856, Thomas c1859, Timothy c1860, Jabez c1862 and Susannah c1864.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s fourth child was Martha Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 13 May 1823, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 1 September 1823. In 1838 Martha emigrated from England to Australia with her parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. She was a bounty immigrant bought out by Mr John Marshall; the bounty paid on her was £18. Her immigration documents describe her as a dairymaid in very good health, and a Dissenter who could read and write. When she was 22 years old Martha married Samuel D Johnston at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, York Street, Sydney on 10 July 1845.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s fifth child was Stephan Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 21 October 1825, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 15 February 1826. In 1838 Stephan emigrated from England to Australia with his parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. Stephen died at the age of 13, in 1838, soon after arriving in Australia, and he was buried within the Church of England parish of Cobbity and Narellan in New South Wales.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s sixth child was Lydia Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 13 November 1828, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 12 March 1829. In 1838 Lydia emigrated from England to Australia with her parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe.

When she was 22 years old Lydia married 23-year-old Henry Saxby on 3 February 1851 at Goulburn, which is about 100 miles south-west of Sydney. Their marriage was performed by the Wesleyan Methodist circuit of Co. Argyle, Goulburn, Gunning and Yass. Henry was the son of Henry and Anne Saxby; he had been born at Withyham in Sussex on 16 March 1827, and baptised at St Michael & All Angels Church in Withyham on 22 April 1827. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents and siblings on the Earl Grey, arriving at Sydney on 20 February 1840.

Henry and Lydia had two children; Harriet Elizabeth born in 1852 at Goulburn, and Lydia Ann born in 1857 at Gunning, which is about 25 miles west of Goulburn. Henry had a general store at Gunning for many years. He was a Wesleyan lay-preacher, like his father, and also a JP (Justice of the Peace). Lydia died at Gunning on 10 November 1872, just 3 days before of her 44th birthday, and she was buried in Gunning Cemetery. A quarter of a century later Henry died at Gunning on 25 July 1898, at the age of 71, and he was buried in Gunning Cemetery next to his wife. Two inscribed headstones mark their graves.

 

 

Thomas and Lydia’s seventh child was Jonathan Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 23 April 1831, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 17 November 1831. In 1838 Jonathan emigrated from England to Australia with his parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. Jonathan died in 1847 at the age of 16, and he was buried within the Church of England parish of Gundaroo, Gunning and Yass in New South Wales.

 

Thomas and Lydia’s eighth child was Elizabeth Starr who was born at Buxted in Sussex on 2 March 1834, and baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel, St Marys Lane, Lewes, on 9 February 1837. In 1838 Elizabeth emigrated from England to Australia with her parents and siblings on the William Metcalfe. In 1854 Lydia was married to William R Reynolds by the Wesleyan Methodist circuit of Co. Argyle, Goulburn, Gunning and Yass, which is 125 miles south-west of Sydney. William and Elizabeth had five children, Elizabeth c1855, Richard c1857, Hannah c1859, Lydia c1861 and Evangeline c1865.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s fifth child was Phoebe Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 1 December 1755. When she was 26 years old Phoebe married 25-year-old John Davey at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 31 December 1781. John was the son of Thomas and Sarah Davey; he had been baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 26 February 1756 and he was the brother of the Sarah Davey who married Phoebe’s brother Charles.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s sixth child was Thomas Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 7 April 1758. Thomas was living at Croydon in Surrey when, at the age of 22, he married Elizabeth Still at the Church of the Transfiguration in Pyecombe, Sussex on 26 June 1780. See the section headed ‘Thomas & Elizabeth Muddle’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s seventh child was Timothy Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 1 June 1761. By an indenture dated 1 May 1775 Timothy's father paid £5 to have Timothy apprenticed for a term of 7 years that had started on 24 June 1774, when Timothy was 13 years old, to cordwainer Thomas Gower of Lindfield.[10]

Timothy was living at Brighton when, at the age of 41, he married Elizabeth Martin, who was about 47 years old, at St Nicholas’ Church in Brighton on 25 April 1803. That same year Timothy was recorded on the Sussex Militia List of 1803 as being a cordwainer of Lindfield and willing to serve. Timothy and Elizabeth didn’t have any children. Elizabeth died at Lindfield at the age of 70, and she was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 13 March 1826.

Timothy was Lindfield Parish Clerk from at least June 1834 to March 1835, as there are three bills issued by him for the parish clerk’s fees for ‘one Hour Nell & Grave’ for each of a total of six people that were paid by the Overseers of the Poor of Lindfield Parish. The fee per person on the bill dated 4 June 1834 was 2 shillings, but this had risen to 3 shillings per person on the bills dated 18 November 1834 and January/March 1835. (How a Parish Clerk was paid varied from parish to parish, but one of the normal fees due to him was, when a parishioner died, for the tolling of the church bell and the burial. These bills were presumably for paupers as the Overseers of the Poor paid the fees, and there seems to have been a dramatic increase of 50% in these fees in Lindfield Parish during 1834.)

The post of Parish Clerk was normally for life, so Timothy was probably still Parish Clerk when, ten years after his wife’s death, he died at Lindfield at the age of 75, and was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 25 December 1836.

 

 

Edmund and Elizabeth’s eighth child was Sarah Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 14 June 1765.

 

Edmund and Sarah’s fifth child was Anne Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 6 May 1725. When she was 23 years old Anne married John Rosar at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 27 December 1748. They lived at Lindfield where they had six children born between 1750 and 1762.

 

John and Anne’s eldest child was Sarah Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 16 September 1750.

 

John and Anne’s second child was John Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 26 August 1753.

 

John and Anne’s third child was Richard Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 16 November 1755.

 

John and Anne’s fourth child was Susannah Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 12 February 1758

 

John and Anne’s fifth child was Phoebe Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 6 January 1760.

 

John and Anne’s sixth child was Charlotte Rosar who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 27 December 1762.

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Last updated 8 November 2014